|   | Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; Fred P Lewis, IPS Meteostar, Inc, Aurora, CO 
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 |   | 16.4 | Monitoring and validation of NOAA AMSU-based hydrological products    Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Meng | 
 | 9:15 AM | 16.5 | NOAA/NESDIS Preparation for the NPOESS Era     Stacy L. Bunin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and D. Holmes, T. Schott, and H. J. Silva | 
 | 9:30 AM | 16.6 | NOAA's NESDIS Satellite Oceanography     Eric Bayler, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Cheney, P. Chang, D. Clark, K. Hughes, and A. Strong | 
 | 9:45 AM |  | Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P2 for Title and Author Information)   
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 | 11:00 AM | 16.7 | The Transition to Operations of NOAA's Low Rate Information Transmission (LRIT) System     Raymond W. Luczak, Computer Sciences Corp., Suitland, MD; and J. Manning and M. O. Perkins | 
 | 11:15 AM | 16.8 | VHF lightning detection from GPS orbit as a means of nowcasting global convection and severe weather    David M. Suszcynsky, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Heavner, A. R. Jacobson, M. B. Pongratz, and C. T. Rhodes | 
 | 11:30 AM |  | Lunch Break   
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